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Upgrade Question
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 2:50 pm
by truehoosier
Hey all,
I wanted to upgrade my ram and network card does anyone know of an authorized dealer in Southern California (Orange County)?
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:00 pm
by XIII
You can always buy RAM from Fry's and upgrade it yourself. It is very easy actually.
What network card are you talking about?
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:13 pm
by truehoosier
I was thinking of going to wireless N network card. Would something like that also be easy to upgrade myself?
Thanks
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:33 pm
by SHoTTa35
it would if it was possible. I saw threads saying that even the Lenovo/IBM Thinkpad/Intel cards don't work in the T60 only the T61 and others designed for it.
i really want to go the N route also cuz i am gonna have most of my data on NAS drives and burning DVD data discs over wifi is a no go. You can do it over LAN but i don't want to have to do that. With 802.11n you can get 90Mbps even in regular 2.4Ghz channels. With Dualchannel mode (40mhz) in the A band you can push up to 300Mbps
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:38 pm
by XIII
Actually, only the Intel 4965N won't work in the T60. The Atheros N wireless card will work just fine.
You will need to purchase a third antenna from Lenovo to achieve MIMO.
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:46 pm
by SHoTTa35
ok well cool... i was hoping the Intel one would work but i guess Atheros it is
I know i know, Atheros is much better (i had a T42 with it) but the Intel i have now isn't bad, i get less heat (more battery i guess). it works just great for me
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:22 am
by ryengineer
XIII wrote:Actually, only the Intel 4965N won't work in the T60. The Atheros N wireless card will work just fine.....
There are generations in Atheros NIC, newer generation of card based on AR9001 chipset would not work in thinkpad T60.